On my days off from work, I have a strong tendency to occupy myself with the one or more of the following activites.
1. Stare blankly into space for hours.
2. Stare blankly at ceiling fan for hours.
3. Attempt to guide tea and sandwich into mouth while staring blankly at walls and fan.
4. [...]
The Country Doctor has been building some doors for our barn.
These doors have opened up a new debate between the CD and myself in regards to hardware. I would like some nice iron handles possibly forged by the CD’s father, while the CD want to fashion some simple handles from wood himself.
And it was while [...]
On my way home from work a few days ago…
As I turned down our driveway…
I almost ran over my son’s bicycle…
And had to veer suddenly off the road to miss it!
And that’s when I took a picture of the dashboard…
Because I was distracted by the sight of a strange man appearing out [...]
The country doctor has been working on the roof of the barn since he came home from work on Friday night. This particular man may occasionally frustrate me for a multitude of reasons, but laziness is not among them.
He has been hauling both the long sheets of metal roofing and the pieces that fit [...]
Thanks you God for my in-laws, who are always willing to come for a visit, leaving behind their garden, and their comfortable home, to sleep in our lumpy guest bed, in our noisy house full of rowdy grand and help us with our crazy projects, bringing homemade bread and a helpful hand to do a [...]
Little Bit of Building…
Little Bit of Jigging…
Little bit more building…
Little Bit of Partying on the Porch
We decided to save some money and build the garage ourselves. Except that we aren’t calling it a garage – we call it the barn. I guess it is because it is as big as a barn.
And no, we didn’t build all of it ourselves. Dennis and his crew framed it. [...]